How Jason Kendall's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jason Kendall posted a career Batting Average of .288, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1999, posting .332, well above the league average of .273 that year. The lowest point came in 2009 at .241, near the league average of .263 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .246 in 2008 to .241 in 2009 and .256 in 2010. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 15 seasons.

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Jason Kendall Batting Average Per Season

Jason Kendall's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jason Kendall Batting Average per season line chart

Jason Kendall Batting Average by Team

Jason Kendall's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Jason Kendall Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jason Kendall's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jason Kendall Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jason Kendall Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jason Kendall's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jason Kendall Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jason Kendall Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jason Kendall's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jason Kendall Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table